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Full-time, part-time employment and life satisfaction of the elderly

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  • Chang, Hung-Hao
  • Yen, Steven T.

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There is continued interest in employment and subjective well-being among the elderly because of the increasing proportion of elderly population in the labor force. This study investigates the association between part-time and full-time employment and life satisfaction of the elderly in Taiwan. We also examine how these associations may differ across socio-demographic groups. An ordinal treatment effect model is developed to accommodate the discrete feature of the employment decision and the potential endogeneity of these two outcomes. Using a unique sample of the elderly in Taiwan, in contrast to findings for the general population of the previous studies, we find that part-time employment is significant and positively associated with life satisfaction, while elderly with full-time employment have lower life satisfaction. These results are robust across socio-demographic groups.

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Article provided by Elsevier in its journal The Journal of Socio-Economics.

Volume (Year): 40 (2011)
Issue (Month): 6 ()
Pages: 815-823

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Handle: RePEc:eee:soceco:v:40:y:2011:i:6:p:815-823

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Keywords: Elderly; Employment; Life satisfaction; Taiwan;

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